Retro

What's old is new again. It happens all the time. Things...people...places come and go out of style. Fashion. Movies. Books. Music. The same song on repeat...different singer. We all have our favored versions. some co-exist. My iPod is proof enough of that. Most don't live up to the original...more so because of the sense memories that we relate to these things like a smell or taste that curls on the tongue like the best kind of nostalgia.

Its the reason why so many studios are rushing out to revive those bits of our youth...movies and comicbooks. They know we'll be following their lead not very far behind. No matter how utterly crappy we just know it'll be. There's some part of the kid that we were and remain who wants to play and indulge. Forget the unending responsibilities of adulthood and slap on a pair of 3D glasses...the REAL kind. Anticipate and quote your favorite tagline or catchphrase because you know it's coming.

So things though...should never ever ever be redone. Gone With The Wind. Classic I know but I still have yet to sit through the whole thing. I've seen the highlights and know the story though :). The new Halloween. Rob Zombie did an admirable job with the first but the second was just....convoluted and WTF. WHY. Just WHY?!?! Most horror movies...can't touch the original (Though...okay...I'm kinda looking forward to remake of Nightmare on Elm St. Loved the original and its beyond weird seeing Not Robert Englund in the trailer) Really could care less about seeing the New Karate Kid. They could've called it something else. It could've been a different movie about a kid and Jackie Chan. Sorry I'm all about the original. There were sequels. And what's this about a 21 Jump Street movie...give me Penhall and Hanson (Deluise & Depp) and I'll be a happy girl but...why. Just...well at least it wasn't the show. Yet.

Star Trek reboot. Yay. Terminator Salvation. Woohoo...woohoo. Battlestar Galatica = pretty frakkin beautiful...The Hills Have Eyes (not the sequel...that was just disgusting) Liked it. Magnificent Seven tv series <3Smurf's Live Action with NPH. I'm there....but please...stay away from:

1. Casablanca
2. Rebel Without a Cause
3. Dynasty
4. Knots Landing
5. Dallas
6. Titanic (Dear God....never ever again. Please)
7. The Getaway (Steve McQueen & Ali were amazing but Alec and Kimmy did pretty damn good too)
8. The Princess Bride (Don't mess with a classic)
9. The Philadelphia Story (see #8)
10. Auntie Mame (see #9 and never see Lucille Ball's version. Love her but Ros Russell PWNed.)